View SlideshowRequest to buy this photoJOHN STILLWELL | ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOSPrince George before his christening at the Chapel Royal in
St. James’ Palace in London, left, and in the arms of his mother — Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge — afterward

Prince George of Britain was christened yesterday in front of 21 guests in a small, private
ceremony for a baby whose parents want to shield him from too much media intrusion.

Prince William — whose mother, Diana, was hounded by paparazzi before her 1997 death in a car
crash in Paris — and his wife, Kate, invited only close family members and godparents to the
ceremony, which took place at St. James’ Palace in central London.

TV pictures gave the public the first glimpse of the baby — third in line to the throne — since
his parents carried him out of the London hospital where he was born on July 22.

In the arms of his mother as she left the the palace’s Chapel Royal, George was dressed in a
long cream satin robe that is a replica of an 1841 gown made for the christening of Queen Victoria’s
eldest daughter.